There are really interesting stories here and Gerö's unwillingness to shape them into more conventional narratives of corruption or redemption is a strength.
The stories of three men who committed terrible crimes as children.
The single greatest problem with California Dreamin', is that it has been released in an unfinished two hour 20 minute assembly - due to the director Cristian Nemescu's untimely death.
A NATO transport train becomes detained at a rural station.
Despite appealing leads and the subtle creepiness of the escalating phone-calls, director Matthew Parkhill can't make the pieces fit, leaving the audience hanging in frustration rather than in suspense.
When the past comes calling, don't pick up the phone...
Feature debutant Mikael Marcimain matches the script’s fine balance between dramatic clarity and the more ambiguous intrigues of a conspiracy thriller with some pinpoint direction.
Two young teenage girls are caught up in a sex scandal that goes to the heart of the Swedish government. Based on a true story.
The people encountered while working as a cinematographer for different documentarians, shooting all over the globe, are woven into a fascinating, irregular net of meaning.
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson documents her career working with filmmakers.
Self indulgent, nonsensical and soulless scenes are woven together into a sentimental fog that hovers above the surface of a faux world, past and present.
Dysinger's style is immersive, thrusting us to the centre of activity in the camp and helping us to connect both with the day-to-day struggles of the rank and file and some of the thorny philosophical and political issues that surround it.
Documentary focusing on the fledgling Afghan National Army.
While the Chinese puzzle of plot doesn't fully justify the attention it demands of the audience, there is no doubting Adams' bravery, complex vision or talent.
Futuristic examination of societal and relationship dysfunction, viewed through the prism of organ transplant.
Philip Glass' brilliantly constructed score gradually shifts from very formal minimalism to something far more complex.
A researcher investigates an urban legend in which the vengeful victim of a racist murder appears to kill those who say his name five times in front of a mirror.
In 3D, Mark Lewis explores one of Australia's greatest environmental catastrophes as he follows the unstoppable march of the cane toad across the continent.
The directors' intentions remain obscure; as always, one feels that by watching their work one is becoming a part of the experiment.
A film that reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalistic desire in human history and culture through the prism of one Japanese man, Issei Sagawa, and his unsettling relationship with his brother.
Worth seeing for its gripping central performances and Cuenca's impressive camerawork - signposting better films from him to come - even though the story lacks killer instinct.
A serial killer finds himself falliing for a potential victim.
It's not that there's no value to Balaker's argument, rather that the elision of alternative viewpoints and seriously challenging material undermines it and makes it look naive.
An exploration of outrage culture through the lens of stand-up comedy.
Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.
A dad who has raised his kids in the forest is forced to take them on a road trip.
Given the immediacy, it is perhaps no wonder that the story is leavened with some melodrama and romance, yet watching it now, Basil Dearden's film still has a surprisingly naturalistic aspect.
A concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer in order to survive.
Nick McAnulty and Brian Allan Stewart combine a disturbing story with sharply observed satire in a film that's as much about relationships as it is about murder.
A couple hope to strengthen their bond by murdering a stranger, but instead discover that they have some serious differences.
